Concordance of Traumatic Brain Injury Symptoms, Evaluation, and Diagnosis Between Teens and Parents: Data From the National Health Interview Survey-Teen.

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• Alternative Title:
  The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2025, v. 76, no. 3: Concordance of Traumatic Brain Injury Symptoms, Evaluation, and Diagnosis Between Teens and Parents: Data From the National Health Interview Survey-Teen.
• Journal Article:
  The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
• Personal Author:
  Black, Lindsey I. ; Ng, Amanda E. ; Zablotsky, Benjamin ; Peterson, Alexis ; Daugherty, Jill ; Waltzman, Dana ; Bose, Jonaki
• Description:
  To investigate differences in teen-reported and parent-reported lifetime prevalence estimates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) symptoms, TBI evaluation, and TBI diagnosis among a nationally representative sample of teenagers aged 12-17 years old and their parents.
  
  Parent-reported data from the 2021 to 2022 National Health Interview Survey linked with teen-reported data from the National Health Interview Survey-Teen July 2021-December 2022 (n = 1,153) were analyzed. Lifetime prevalence estimates for TBI symptoms (e.g., selected symptoms as a result of a blow or jolt to the head), history of evaluation by health professional for TBI (i.e., TBI evaluation), and TBI diagnosis stratified by sociodemographic characteristics and reporter type were produced, and z-tests were conducted to test for differences. Concordance measures were calculated to assess agreement between teen and parent survey responses to TBI measures.
  
  Lifetime prevalence of TBI symptoms varied by reporter type across all sociodemographic characteristics with teen-report consistently producing higher estimates. Estimates of TBI evaluation varied by reporter type only among older teens, non-Hispanic teens, and teens who participated in sports; there was no difference for TBI diagnosis. Percent agreement between the 2 reporters ranged from 73% to 95%, prevalence-adjusted bias-adjusted kappa ranged from 0.45 to 0.90, and Cohen's kappa ranged from 0.22 to 0.63.
  
  There was general agreement for observable outcomes TBI evaluation and TBI diagnosis, but discordance existed in reports of TBI symptoms. These findings suggest that youth self-report of TBI symptoms may enhance surveillance efforts.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Adolescent
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic
  • Male
  • Female
  • Parents
  • Child
  • Prevalence
  • Health Surveys
• Keywords:
  • Adolescents
  • head injuries
  • concussions
  • surveys
  • surveillance
  • National Health Interview Survey-Teen
  • National Health Interview Survey
• Source:
  The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2025, v. 76, no. 3
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.10.018
• ISSN:
  1054-139X ; 1879-1972
• Pubmed ID:
  39580731
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11830522
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  441-447 (17 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  76
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261905/cdc_261905_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 202.06 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2f60ac204ecd2ffa24e16e58a107fab8feacea5df37c1bf7430cf97f65f8ac35f267e7934c2038451d4ab9afbc1bdde361bf2a3bf9891cc6391d4698e7e5f3d3